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New Post has been published on The Rakyat Post
New Post has been published on http://www.therakyatpost.com/features/2014/04/13/south-africans-urged-to-use-water-sparingly/
South Africans urged to use water sparingly
WATER and Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has urged South Africans to use water sparingly and with utmost care.
“South Africa, with all its beauty, is a water-scarce country. We need to do all in our power to ensure that any amount of water we get is used sparingly and with the utmost care,” she said at the launch of the completed Middeldrift Water Treatment Works in KwaNxamalala in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) Province on Tuesday.
The minister acknowledged that KZN, Limpopo and the Eastern Cape Provinces still had challenges with access to water, especially where the physical terrain is not ideal.
“We commit ourselves that we shall not rest until all our people are able to access water in a sustainable manner,” Molewa said.
“We are well aware of the fact that as we chase the 100% target, the old areas require attention through operation and maintenance, as well as a higher level of service aimed at improved economic development.”
Molewa said the government had come a long way to increase access to water since 1994 when the apartheid era ended.
“We took over as a democratic government from a system that used this wonderful resource as a tool of power and discrimination. At the time, only around 59% of the population had access to water. The bulk of the remaining 41% was obviously in the less developed and mainly rural and black domains,” she said. — NNN-SA NEWS
LANDSCAPES OF AFRICA
Santu Mofokeng, Katse Dam Lesotho / 1996
Katse Dam in Lesotho
A team of divers from ScubaWorld left Gauteng on 2nd February for Katse Dam in Lesotho. After a scenic trip over a mountain pass 3090 meters high we arrived at Katse Village in Lesotho. We spent the following day exploring the nets used for Highlands Trout and got to dive inside the nets with 54000 fish - Wow! The team had lots of fun and I believe that we gave some extra insight to the team down there as well.